Japan vs Mexico: Has the population peaked?

Japan

124.37 million people

in 2023

Mexico

129.74 million people

in 2023

Japan rank

12th

Mexico rank

10th

Has the population peaked? over time

Mexico currently reports 129.74 million people against 124.37 million people in Japan, a difference of 5.37 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 10th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.